Burial vaul



Nov. 13, 1928. 1,691,568

. w. J. GORMAN BURIAL VAULT Filed March 19. 1927 wag Patented Nov. 13,1928.

UNITED STATES.

1,691,568 PATENT orrrcs.

WALTER J. GORM A N, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

:Buamr. vaun- Application filed March 19, 1927. Serial No. 178,664.

ing to provide means .for utilizing a vault construction wherein themounting of one vault upon the other, the top of a lowermost vault mayconstitute the bottom of the next adjacent vault, thereby effecting asaving in material; a further object being to provide means forreinforcing the walls of the vault and providing a vent tube therein forthe discharge of the gases; a still further object being to providesimple and effective means for coupling and sealing the doors of thevaults; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consistsin a vault of the class and for the purposespecified, which is simple inconstruction, efficient in use, and which is constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accom panying drawing forms a part, in which'the separateparts of my improvement are designated by suitablereference charactersin each of the views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side and sectional view of one form of vault which I employ.

. F ig. 2 is a face view of the vault shown in Fig. 1, on a reducedscale and with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional, detail view of a art of the constructionshown'in- Fig. 1 o the drawing.

Fig. f is a perspective and sectional view of a modified form ofconstruction which I employ; and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an open end vault made according to myinvention? In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, I have shown a vaultcomposed of cement, concrete or" other material. In the constructionshown, the vault comprises a back wall 10, top wall 11, bottom wall 12and end walls 13.. The front side of the vault is open and provided witha groove 14 on the inner face of the walls of the vault at the openside. A strip 15 of metal is imbedded in the walls of the vault adjacentthe groove 14, and has at intervals, inwardly pressed portions 16whereby a sealing compound 17 will operate 31 to the desired height.

to seal the door 18 employed for closing the open end of the vault. ,Thestrips 15 also serve .to give-strength to the open side of the vault.

. The vault is reinforced by a body of openwork material 19 imbedded inthe back, top,

bottom and end walls. If desired, this'material may be anchored to thestrip 15 as well as to bolts 20 employed for mounting lugs 21 at theopen side 'of the vault for engaging the door 18 to hold the same inclosed position, and further to permit of the removal of the door atwill.

I also preferably imbed in the back wall 10 of the vault, a trap 22which opens into the chamber 23 of the vault and out through said backwall to allow for the escapement Y of gases. I also imbed in the bottomwall 12 of the vault, adjacent'the ends thereof, two strips 24 havinganti-friction rollers 25 whereby the casket 26 indicated in dot anddashlines, Figs. 1 and 2, may be easily rolled into the chamber 23 ofthe vault. The door 18 is provided with a number of ringlike handles 27anchored to the concrete of the door or thereinforcing material 28employed in the door construction.

In the use ofthe vault; shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, andespecially in stacking the same, the lowermost vault is mounted uponback and end strips 29 to space the same from-a floor or other support,and the vault placed upon the lowermost vault is spaced therefrom bysimilar back and end'strips 30, and thus the next vault is placed onstri s A chamber 32 is preferably arranged at the backs of the vaultsto'allow for the escape of the gases. which may be discharged from thetraps 22.

In Fig. 4 of the drawin I have shown a slight modification wherein thelowermost vault 33 of a stack of vaults is identical with thewault shownin Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception that the top of the back and sideportions of the vault,. is provided with sockets 34 to receive pins 35on the next adjacent vault 36. The vault 36' differs from the vault 33or the vaults shown in Figs. 1 and 2, simply in that thebottom wall 12is not employed. The bottbm of the vault 36 is formed by the top wall 11of thevault 33,

and the vault 33 is further modified in that strips 37 similar to thestrips 24 are mounted upon the outer face of the top wall 11, and inlike manner, similar strips 37 are-mounted .upon' the outer faces of thetop wall of the 8. foregoing, the structure the drawing,

the-vault 36, and if this vault be most vault employed, the strips the u37, W1 Fit;

eliminated- Otherwise, the vault would be' identical with the vault36.Aside from the vaultshown in Fig. 4 of the drawing will he the same asthat shown in 1 and 2 of except further that the lower grooves of thevaults 36 and 38 are omitted, and the lugs 21' the covers 18" of thevaults 33-36 and see-3a.,

In Fig. of thedrawing, I have shown another modification, wherein'thevault 89 is open at one end only, and said open end is grooved as. seenat 40 to correspond with the grooves 14 to receive a door 41' held inplace by lugs 42 similar to the lugs 21.; In .this form of construction,

1 roller strip 43 is mount d centrally and longitudinall of the inner 5may be found practical for use in certain types of mausoleums, and wherethe exposed end stacking of the vaults is'desirable.

. may be stacked one upon another and side located at theback wall as inthe shown certain details of construction Suitable carry'in' myinvention into efiect, and have referre to a specific'use of my improvedvaults, that I am not necessarily linnted'to the construction hereinshown and described,

. what I Y .prisingback, top and end walls integrally the to and a oorto close the front.

and various changes therein and modification's thereofma be made withinthe scope of the appends claims without departing frorn the spirit of myinventionor sacrificing its advantages. fully described my invention,v

Havin A aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:' 4

1. A vault, L-shaped in cross section comconnected, the bottom beingadapted to fit of the next lower vault in a stack,

2. A vault, L-shaped'incross section com of the multiple door'to aredouble ended to engage the door against displacement.

.an anti-friction face of the bottom of the va t. The type. of vaultshown in Fig.

construcfor j prising back, top and end walls integrally connected :theb thetop of the next door to close the front, and the bottom vault of astack-including to 3. 'A-vault, L-shaped in cross section com prisingback, top} and end walls integrally connected, the bottom being adaptedto fit the top of. the next lower vault in a stack, a

in the front edges of the'vault,-for retaining 4. A vault, L-shaped incross'section comprising back, top and connected the the top of thenextlower vault in'a stack, a door to" close the front, and. anti-frictionaldevices arranged'on one wall of the vault and exposed. to the. chamberwithin the va It to facilitate theplacement of ther in. r 5. A vault,L-shaped in cross section comprising b ck, top and end walls integrallyRnnected" the bottom being adapted to fit e to a door to close thefront, said vault being composed of reinforced concrete, and a trapimbedded in one' wall'the'reof to permit the escapement of gases.

6. A vault construction of the class de-.' 85

scribed compri'sin a plurality of independently formed va ts adapted tobe mounted one upon the other,each of said vaults being L-shaped incross section, comprising back,

top and end; walls integrally'connected, the

bottom of one vault being adapted to fit the top of the next lower vaultma stack of vault.

7. A vault construction :of the class de- :05",

top and end walls-integrally connected, the 1 bottom ofone vault beingadapted to fit the top of the next lower vault in a stack of vaults anda door to close theiron't of each vault,and means imbedded in the frontedges of the top wall of the vault for retaining the doors against"displacement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing .as my invention I have signedmy name this 17th. dayxof March, 1927. u

WALTERJ GORMAN.

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close the front, and means iinbedded 65' end'walls integrally bottombeing adapted totit- 70 caskets of the next lower vault in ,a stack, *0

vaults and a door to close the front of each v

